To be fair on Sam, it is much easier to criticise others efforts than it is to open yourself up for the same criticism

Inside the pump there is a small rubber seal, check that this has not split or perished, also if it has dried lube it up with something oil based. They used to have leather washers in which were much better as the rubber is very thin and breaks easily. Mine kept getting caught and not sitting flush until I had a mess about with it and got it working. I ended up using a bit of butter to lubricate it and it was fine from then on.

My coleman is occassionally emitting flames from under the burner unit, and also sometimes when it is switched off I can hear fuel escaping.

Before I take the thing to pieces and work out that I don't know what is wrong with it can anyone thing of any likely scenarios?

It is very erratic, it will be fine for ages then do it a few times in sucession. It nearly got booted into the lake on Friday night when the whole thing errupted in flames. Had I not been so desperate for a brew it would have done

Releasing the pressure stops the fuel leaking (obviously), is it likely to be something to do with the lever assembley not pushing the wire all the way back through and allowing fuel to escape? It sounds like it is coming from under ther burner unit though which makes my first suggestion near enough impossible.

In reply to Post #19
Three cases in one hospital in such a short space of time suggests it is definitly prevalent in the SW. There is normally only around 40-50 cases in the UK each year.

Chap I know had it, he was on deaths door and still isn't fully recovered a couple of years on.

In reply to Post #1
Yes

It may be hard to believe that rats can also walk through an open bivvy door

They can also chew through a fully colsed zipped up bivvy as well, so even using a fitted groundsheet and a zipped up door rats will get in if they want. They can chew through all sorts - a bit of nylon won't stop them

Edit, I regularly use lake water for brews, never got ill yet, I do get it to a rolling boil for a while before drinking it though.

In reply to Post #82
Not from me but a story of a mate of mine. One night he was lying on his bedchair and heard muffled screams that got louder a bit over the track. He didn't think much of it but went to sleep with a sotrm pole in his hands.

He went home the enxt day and in hte local paper during the week was a story of a taxi driver who had abducted a woman, raped her in his car then driven her down the track by his lake and done it agian. Shook him up a tad that one!

In reply to Post #51
Mr Bump - reckon I know what park lake you are on about - the platform through the woodland sounds familiar. Soooooooo many dodgy tales about that place, human sacrefices, voodooo **** etc.

In reply to Post #10
No internet = no free porn...... doesn't bare thinking about

In reply to Post #11
The knot is down to personal preference there is no end of possibilities. The needle knot, grinner and loop to loop are my personal favourites. The needle knot it better if there is any weed as it has a slimmer profile - thus less can catch on it.